种族主义,权力和健康平等:租户组织的案例
1Jamila Michener (jm2362@cornell.edu), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Health affairs (Project Hope)
|October 2, 2023
概括
种族健康差异是由社会系统驱动的,而不是生物学. 在边缘化社区组织租户可以建立政治力量来改善住房条件和促进健康公平.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 政治科学 政治科学是指政治学.
背景情况:
- 美国健康状况的种族差异是显著的不平等.
- 这些差异的根源不在于生物差异,而在于社会,经济和政治制度.
- 卫生公平的政治层面,特别是关于住房的政治层面,研究不足.
研究的目的:
- 通过住房的透视来研究健康公平的政治方面.
- 调查边缘化社区如何组织起来建立政治权力,以应对威胁健康的住房条件.
主要方法:
- 使用深入证据进行定性研究.
- 专注于面临不利住房条件的租户的经验.
- 通过州和地方政治进程分析租户导航.
主要成果:
- 由于系统因素",种族"具有具体的后果.
- 有组织的租户可以建立政治权力.
- 租户组织证明了促进健康公平的潜力.
结论:
- 住房是健康的关键决定因素,与结构性种族主义交织在一起.
- 租户组织提供了一条解决健康不平等问题的途径.
- 边缘化社区的政治行动是实现健康平等的关键.
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